List of ships of the Egyptian Navy

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This is a list of Egyptian Navy ships including all ships of the Egyptian Navy as well as its predecessors.

The Egyptian Navy is the largest navy in the Middle East and Africa.[1] Since 2013, the Egyptian Navy made a modernization project in which new vessels were acquired from western sources such as the United States, Germany, Italy and France.[2][3]

Current and future ships

Class Image Type Quantity Ships Origin Note
Submarines (8)
Romeo-class submarine 潜艇.JPG Attack submarine 4 849

852

855

858


 People's Republic of China

1,830 tonnes
Armament:

Type 209/1400mod-class submarine Diesel-electric attack submarine 4[4][5] S41 (861)
S42 (864)
S43 (867)
S44 (870)
 Germany 1,586 tonnes
Armament:
Amphibious assault ship / Helicopter carrier (2)
Mistral-class amphibious assault ship [8]
US Navy 120130-N-XB816-097 French navy amphibious assault ship FS Mistral (L9013) prepares to get underway for Exercise Bold Alligator 2012 (BA2012.jpg
Landing helicopter dock (LHD) 2 Gamal Abdel Nasser (L1010)
Anwar
El Sadat
(L1020)
 France 21,300 tonnes
Armament:
Frigates (13)
FREMM FREMM F590 Carlo Bergamini.svg Multi-purpose frigate 2[10] Al-Galala (FFG1002)

Bernees (FFG1003)

 Italy 6,700 tonnes
Armament:
  • 16-cell MBDA SYLVER A50 VLS for 16 MBDA Aster 15 and 30 missiles
  • 1 × Leonardo Otobreda 127/64 Vulcano
  • 1 × Leonardo OTO Melara 76/62 mm Davide/Strales CIWS gun
  • 2 × Leonardo Oto Melara/Oerlikon KBA 25/80 mm remote weapon systems
  • 8 × MBDA Teseo\Otomat Mk-2/A anti-ship and land attack missiles
  • 2 x triple Leonardo (WASS) B-515/3 launcher for MU 90 torpedoes
  • 2 x SITEP MASS CS-424 acoustic guns
FREMM
FREM Aquitaine.jpg
1 Tahya Misr (FFG1001)  France 6,000 tonnes
Armament:
Meko A-200 EN[11]
AL-AZIZ 2651.jpg
4[4] First Meko A200 to be launched in May 2021, the 2nd and 3rd frigates will be launched before the end of 2021.[12] ENS Al-Aziz(FFG-904)[13]

ENS Al-Qahhar(FFG-905)[14]

 Germany
  • 1 × Oto Melara 127/64 LW 127 mm main gun (possibly with VULCANO ammunition)
  • 2 × Mauser BK-27 27mm guns (possibly SEAHAWK A2 model)
  • 16× MM-40 Exocet block 3 anti-ship missiles
  • 32 × VLS for MBDA MICA-NG VL surface to air missiles
  • 2 × MU90 torpedo launchers
  • 4 × Rheinmetall MASS decoy launchers
  • 2 × WASS/Finmeccanica MORPHEUS acoustic countermeasures launching systems (on each side of the VLS cells. Navy Recognition originally though these were SAGEM NGDS decoy launchers but a TKMS representative confirmed this actually is a WASS system
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
USS McInerney (FFG-8) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 8 June 2004.jpg
Guided missile frigate 4[2] Sharm El-Sheikh (F901)
Toshka (F906)
Alexandria (F911)
Taba (F916)
 United States 4,200 tonnes
Armament:
Knox-class frigate
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2 Domyat (F961)
Rashid (F966)
 United States 4,250 tonnes
Armament:
Corvettes (7)
Gowind-class corvette Multipurpose corvette 4 El Fateh (971)
Port Said (976)[15]
El Moez (981)
ENS Luxor (986)
 France
 Egypt
2,500 tonnes
Armament:
  • 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm main gun
  • 16 × VLS for MICA VL
  • 8 × Exocet anti ship missile
  • 2 × Nexter Narwhal 20 mm cannon
  • 2 × triple torpedo launcher

Delivery 2017-2020

Pohang-class corvette[16] Coastal defense corvette 1 Shabab Misr (1000)  South Korea 1,200 tonnes
Armament:
  • 2 x OTO Melara 76 mm/62 compact cannon
  • 4 x Harpoon missiles
  • 2 x Nobong 40mm/70 twin cannons
  • 2 x Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (with 6× Blue Shark torpedoes)
  • 12 x Mark 9 depth charges
Descubierta-class corvette Corvette 2 El Suez (F946)
Abou Qir (F941)
 Spain 1,500 tonnes
Armament:
Fast attack craft (40)
Ambassador MK III missile craft Fast missile craft 4 S. Ezzat (682)
F. Zekry (684)
A. Gad (686)
M. Fahmy (688)
 United States 600 tonnes
Armament:
P-32 Molniya-class missile craft
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1 Ahmed Fadel [18]
(C-801)
 Russia 550 tonnes
Armament:
  • 4 x P-270 Moskit/SS-N-22 Sunburn anti-ship missiles.
  • 12 x SA-18 SAM MANPAD air defence missiles.
  • 1 x 76 mm AK-176 dual purpose main gun.
  • 2 x AK-630 30 mm gun for air defence.
October-class missile boat Missile boat 6 781
783
785
787
789
791
 Egypt 82 tonnes
Armament:
  • Two Otomat SSM
  • Two twin 30 mm AA guns
Type 024 missile boat
024 Missile-equipped Boat (9871863603).jpg
6 609
611
613
615
617
619
 People's Republic of China 79 tonnes
Armament:
  • 2 × HY-1J anti-ship missiles
  • 2 × Type 61 25 mm guns (II x 2)
Osa-class missile boat
Osa Patrol Vessels Vietnam.jpg
8 633
637
639
641
643
64_
64_
653
 Soviet Union 235 tonnes
Armament:
Ramadan-class missile boat 6 Ramadan (670)
Khybar (672)
Kadesseya (674)
Yarmouk (676)
Badr (678)
Hetteen (680
 United Kingdom 317 tonnes
Armament:
  • Four Otomat SSM
  • One 76 mm OTO Melara DP gun
  • One twin 40 mm Breda AA gun
Tiger-class missile boat Elster P6154.jpg 5 601
602
603
604
605
 West Germany 265 tonnes
Armament:
Shanghai II-class gunboat Type 062-class gunboat, October 2014-1.jpg Gunboat 4 793
795
797
799
 People's Republic of China 135 tonnes
Armament:
  • Two twin 37 mm AA guns
  • Two twin 23 mm AA guns
Submarine chasers (8)
Hainan-class submarine chaser Anti-submarine vessel 8 Al Nour (430)
Al Hadi (433)
Al Hakeem (436)
Al Wakeel (439)
Al Kdar (442)
Al Samad (445)
Al Salam (448)
Al Rafe (451)
 People's Republic of China 430 tonnes
Armament:
  • Two twin 57 mm AA guns
  • Two twin 23 mm AA guns
  • Two triple 12.75-inch (324 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Four BU-1200 anti-submarine rocket launchers
  • Two depth-charge mortars
  • Two depth-charge racks
  • Mines
Mine warfare vessels (23)
T43-class minesweeper Albanian Minesweeper M-111.JPG Minesweeper 5 Gharbia (501)
Daqahlia (507)
Baharia (510)
Sinai (513)
Assuit (516)
 Soviet Union 460 tonnes
Armament:
  • Two twin 30 mm AA guns
  • Ten mines
Yurka-class minesweeper 4 Giza (530)
Aswan (533)
Qena (536)
Sohag (539)
 Soviet Union 569 tonnes
Armament:
  • Two twin 37 mm AA guns
  • Four twin 12.7 mm machine guns
  • Two depth-charge mortars
  • Mines
Dhat Al Sawari-class minehunter Minehunter 3 Dhat Al Sawari
Navarine
Al Burullus
 United States 203 tonnes
Armament:
  • Two 12.7 mm machineguns
Osprey-class minehunter USS Raven MHC 61 Persian Gulf.jpg 2 Al Farouk (534)
Al Seddiq (521)
 United States The vessels are to receive in-country modernization and technical Support, including the supply of new L3 Machinery Control Systems.[19][20]
904 tonnes
Armament:
  • Two 12.7 mm machine guns
Safaga-class route survey boat Survey vessel 2 Safaga
Abu El Ghosn
 United States 165 tonnes
Pluto Plus-class minehunter MiniU.jpg Unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) 3  Italy Mine Identification & Disposal
Tuima-class minelayer boat Finnish Naval Ship Tuima Class.jpeg Minelayer 4  Soviet Union 250 tonnes
Armament:
  • 2 × double-barreled AK-230 30 mm/65
  • 1 × 12.7 mm machine gun
  • Mines
Landing craft (18)
Polnocny-A-class landing ship The Libyan Polnochny class landing ship.JPEG Landing craft tank 3 301
303
305
 Poland 800 tonnes
Armament:
  • Two SA-N-5 Grail quad launchers
  • 30 mm (twin)
  • 18 tube 140 mm rocket launchers
Vydra-class landing ship[21] Egyptian landing craft.jpg Landing craft utility 9 330
332
334
336
338
340
342
344
346
 Soviet Union 600 tonnes
Armament:
  • Two twin 40 mm AA guns
EDA-R class US Navy 120207-N-YF306-086 A French landing catamaran (L-CAT) pulls into the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD 1).jpg Landing craft 2 GN 011
AS 021 [22]
 France 300 tonnes
Armament:
  • two 12.7 mm machine guns
  • two 7.62 mm machine guns.
CTM-NG VPCM BT120.jpg 4 GN 012
GN 013
AS 022
AS 023[22]
 France 150 tonnes
Support ships (6)
Type 701E transport ship[23] Replenishment ship 1 Shalatin (230)  Germany 3680 tonnes
Armament:
Westerwald-class transport ship Ammunition ship 1 Halayib (231)  Germany 4000 tonnes
Fort Rosalie-class replenishment ship Fort Rosalie class replenishment ship.JPG Replenishment ship 2 '  United Kingdom 23,482 tons
Armament:
  • - 2 Phalanx CIWS 20 mm automatic cannon for close combat
  • - 2 20 mm cannon
  • - 4 7.62 mm machine guns
Poluchat-II-class boat Torpedo retriever 2  Soviet Union 95 tonnes
Fuel tankers (9)
Toplivo II-class tanker Coastal-
tanker
9 Aida 4 (210)
Maryut (211)
Al Furat (212)
Al Nil (213)
Ekdu (214)
Atbarah (215)
Aida 3 (216)
Al Manzalla (217)
Al Burulus (218)
 Egypt 1200 tonnes
Tugboats (7)
Okhtenskiy-class oceangoing tug Tugboat 5 El Max (103)
El Agamy (105)
El Kantara (107)
El Dekheila (109)
El Eskandarany (111)
 Soviet Union
 Egypt
940 tonnes
Natick-class harbor tug 2  United States
 Egypt
560 tonnes
Training vessels (5)
Black Swan-class frigate HMS Black Swan 1945 IWM FL 2274.jpg Training ship 1 Tariq (F931)  United Kingdom 1,490 tonnes
Armament:
El Mahrousa super yacht 1  United Kingdom 3,762 tons
Intisar training ship 1 1000 tons
El Kousseir yacht 1 500 tonnes
Z-class destroyer HMS Zebra.jpg 1 ex-Al Fateh, ex HMS Zenith (R95)  United Kingdom 2,570 tons
Harbour training vessel. Name transferred to first Gowind-class corvette September 2017; report did not specify ship was decommissioned.

Egyptian Coast Guard

The Egyptian Coast Guard is responsible for the onshore protection of public installations near the coast and the patrol of coastal waters to prevent smuggling.

Patrol boats

  • 22 Timsah I/II class
  • 12 Sea Spectre PB Mk III class
  • 9 Swiftships class
  • 6 MV70 class
  • 5 P-6 (Project 183) class
  • 3 Textron class

Patrol crafts

  • 25 Swiftships 26m class
  • 16 SR.N6 class
  • 9 Type 83 class
  • 6 Crestitalia class
  • 12 Spectre class
  • 12 Peterson class
  • 5 Nisr class
  • 29 DC-30 class
  • 3 of 6 MRTP-20 Yonka Onuk MRTP-20 class[24][25]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b "Oliver Hazard Perry Class Guided Missile Frigate - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  3. ^ GDC (2020-06-15). "Italy approves the sale of two Fincantieri FREMM frigates for Egyptian Navy". Global Defense Corp. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  4. ^ a b "SIPRI Arms Transfers Database - Germany to Egypt; 2015-2020; Ships". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022. 4, MEKO-A200, Frigate, 2019, Incl 1 produced under licence in Egypt; 2, Type-209/1400, Submarine, (2012), 2016-2017 2; 2, Type-209/1400, Submarine, (2014), 2020, 1, Delivery planned 2020-2021
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  9. ^ "Egyptian Mistrals using Avengers for air defence". 13 July 2017.
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